Learn Swift the Hard Way

Learn Swift the Hard Way is meant to get you started in programming. The title says it's the hard way to learn to write code but it's actually not. It's only the "hard" way because it uses a technique called instruction. Instruction is where I tell you to do a sequence of controlled exercises designed to build a skill through repetition. This technique works very well with beginners who know nothing and need to acquire basic skills before they can understand more complex topics. It's used in everything from martial arts to music to even basic math and reading skills.

If you work hard, take your time, and build these skills, you will learn to code.

With the help of this tutorial, you will do the incredibly simple things that all programmers do to learn a programming language:

Go through each exercise.
Type in each sample exactly.
Make it run.

That's it. This will be very difficult at first, but stick with it. If you go through this tutorial, and do each exercise for one or two hours a night, you will have a good foundation for moving onto another tutorila.

This tutorial's job is to teach you the three most essential skills that a beginning programmer needs to know: reading and writing, attention to detail, and spotting differences.